Folded paper beret pail



(No'ModeL) r G. W. LANE.

FOLDED PAPER BERRY PAIL.

No. 306,406. Patented Oct. 14, 18 84.

( INVENTOR ATTORNEY Miran STATES Parent @rricn.

GEORGE Vi. LANE, OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT, ASSIG'NOR OF ONE-HALF TC 9CHARLES A. LANE, OF SAME PLACE.

FOLDED-PAPER BERRY-PAIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 306,i06, dated October1a, 1834.. Application filed August 22, 188 1. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.- Be'it known that I, GEORGE XV. LANE, re-

siding at Bristol, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut,have invented certain 5 new and useful Improvements in Folded-PaperBerry-Pails; and I do declare the following to be a full,- clear, andexact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form a part of this [0 specification.

Myinvention relates to an improvement in that class of folded-paperberry-pails which are provided with iiapreovers, the obj cct being toproduce a pail of this description in which the cover shall be furnishedwith improved means for fastening it in place, and adapted to yieldand'conform to the contents of the pail to admit a free circulation ofair through the same, and to be aecomi'nodated to distortions in thepail consequent upon lifting it when full of berries.

Further objects of my invention are to produce a folded-paper berry-pailrequiring the minimum expenditure of time and labor in its .25manufacture, and calling for the minimum amount of stock.

\Vith these ends in view my invention consists in a folded-paperberry-pail having a flap-cover provided with an arrow-headed fast- 0oiling-extension, which is drawn through a slit formed in the front wallof the pail for securing the cover in its closed position.

My invention further consists in a pail and blank having certain detailsof construction,

5 as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of apail embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the blank 40' formaking the pail, and Fig. 3 is a similar view of a modified form whichthe blank may as sume.

The broken lines appearing upon the blanks indicate the manner offolding them for forming the pails and render the several parts orfeatures of the same distinguishable. Thus the part A of the indentedblank shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings forms the bottom of the pail, andthe parts 13 the front and rear walls thereof. The parts 0 and Dconjointly form its side walls, and the part E its cover, which isprovided with an arrowheaded fasteningextension, F, as shown.

The completed pail shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings is made from a blanklike that described by folding the parts B and C at right angles, or atapproximately right angles, to the part A, then lapping the parts I)over the parts C, and folding the part E down over the top of the pail,in which position it is secured by the insertion of its arrow-headedfastening extension F into and through a slit, G, formed in the frontwall of the pail, which latter is completed by the application of abail, H, which binds the parts B and C together in 6 their foldedpositions, and through them holds the pail in shape.

A cover formed as shown, and provided with an arrow-headed fastening-extension, adds very little to the initial cost of the pail, andadmirably fills all the requirements of a protective covering for thefruit in the pail, in that it is very easily fastened in its closedposition after the berries have been placed in the pail, in that itreadily conforms to the contents of the pailas when the fruit is heapedup, for instance-and this partly by reason of its flexibility, andpartly through the range of adjustment offered by the shank of thefastening-extension, in that it permits a free cireu- 80 lation of airthrough the pail and fruit, and in that it is accommodated withoutdisplacement to the distortions in the pail consequent upon lifting itwhen full of fruit. The indented form of blank is commended by the easewith which it is folded and the great economy of stock which is effectedthrough it.

The modified blank shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings is folded inessentially the same manner as the indented blank and forms virtuallythe same pail.

I am aware that a folded-paper pail shaped substantially like the pailshown herein, and having a flap-cover made in one piece with it, is notnew. The front and side edges of the 5 covers of such pails have,however, been provided with adhesive flaps for fastening them down.These pails have been found obj eetionable on account of the difficultyof inoistening the flaps when the pail. is full and. of making them toostick when moistened, for the reason that the edges of the pail arerounded, and especially when it is filled with fruit, while the gun'nnedflaps are straight and more or less stiffened by the gum.

The described pails are also objectionable because the flaps prevent acirculation of air through the fruit, and because of the liability ofthe covers to buckle when the pails are well filled. Furthermore, thepail referred to is objectionable as being an inherently too expensivearticle for the purpose for which this class of packages are made.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A folded-paper berry-pail shaped essentially as shown, and having aflap-cover which is provided with an arrowheaded fastening extensionadapted to be drawn through a slit formed in the front wall of the pail,substantially as set forth.

2. A folded-paper berry-pail made from the described indented blank,which consists of the part A, forming the bottom of the pail, the partsB, forming the front and rear walls thereof, the part forming the frontwall being pro vided with a slit, Gr, the parts C and D con-' jointlyforming the side walls of the pail, and the part E forming the coverthereof, and provided with an arrow-headed fastening-extension, F,adapted to be inserted into the slit G aforesaid, substantially as setforth.

3. An inden ted blank for use in the manufacture of foldedpaperberry-pails, consisting of the part A, forming the bottom of the pail,the parts B, forming the front and rear walls thereof, the part formingthe front wall being provided with a slit, G, the parts'O and D con-GEORGE XV. LANE.

\Vitnesses:

CHARLES A. LANE, D. J. Knnsnv.

